Aircraft
Iran Air Takes Delivery of Its First New Airbus
CFM56-powered A321 embodies hopes for thawed relations between Iran and West
The first of 46 A320-series jetliners destined for Iran Air, an A321, lands at Toulouse Blagnac Airport. (Photo: Airbus)
The first of 46 A320-series jetliners destined for Iran Air, an A321, lands at Toulouse Blagnac Airport. (Photo: Airbus)

Iran Air took delivery of the first of 100 new Airbus airliners on order, an A321, during a January 11 handover ceremony in Toulouse attended by Iran Air chairman and CEO Farhad Parvaresh, Airbus COO Fabrice Bregier and Airbus CEO Tom Enders. The order, placed in December, covers 46 A320 family jets, 38 A330s and 16 A350 XWBs.